22 Mar 2016
Revealed: The dirtiest 20 Premier League players of the last five years
Every club has its own pantomime villain and, in some cases, its bête noire, but who statistically are the dirtiest players to have played in the Premier League in the last five years? Telegraph Sport has done the calculations so that you don't have to and has awarded a point each for a foul, three for a yellow card and six for a red card. Here's what we discovered . . .
20. Ryan Shawcross
Club: Stoke City
Disciplinary points: 244
Fouls conceded: 142
Yellow cards: 30
Red cards: 2
Games played: 156
Disciplinary points per game: 1.56
19. Yaya Touré
Club: Manchester City
Disciplinary points: 245
Fouls conceded: 167
Yellow cards: 26
Red cards: 0
Games played: 154
Disciplinary points per game: 1.59
18. Ashley Williams
Club: Swansea City
Disciplinary points: 248
Fouls conceded: 161
Yellow cards: 29
Red cards: 0
Games played: 176
Disciplinary points per game: 1.40
17. Pablo Zabaleta
Club: Manchester City
Disciplinary points: 261
Fouls conceded: 162
Yellow cards: 31
Red cards: 1
Games played: 122
Disciplinary points per game: 2.13
16. Claudio Yacob
Club: West Bromwich Albion
Disciplinary points: 261
Fouls conceded: 177
Yellow cards: 26
Red cards: 1
Games played: 104
Disciplinary points per game: 2.50
15. Sebastian Larsson
Club: Sunderland
Disciplinary points: 263
Fouls conceded: 179
Yellow cards: 28
Red cards: 0
Games played: 149
Disciplinary points per game: 1.76
14. Mousa Dembélé
Club: Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur
Disciplinary points: 263
Fouls conceded: 209
Yellow cards: 18
Red cards: 0
Games played: 146
Disciplinary points per game: 1.80
13. Gabriel Agbonlahor
Club: Aston Villa
Disciplinary points: 265
Fouls conceded: 187
Yellow cards: 24
Red cards: 1
Games played: 140
Disciplinary points per game: 1.89
12. Lucas Leiva
Club: Liverpool
Disciplinary points: 273
Fouls conceded: 186
Yellow cards: 29
Red cards: 0
Games played: 105
Disciplinary points per game: 2.60
11. Branislav Ivanovic
Club: Chelsea
Disciplinary points: 274
Fouls conceded: 163
Yellow cards: 33
Red cards: 2
Games played: 163
Disciplinary points per game: 1.68
10. Ramires
Club: Chelsea
Disciplinary points: 276
Fouls conceded: 189
Yellow cards: 25
Red cards: 2
Games played: 130
Disciplinary points per game: 2.12
9. James McCarthy
Club: Wigan Athletic and Everton
Disciplinary points: 282
Fouls conceded: 192
Yellow cards: 30
Red cards: 0
Games played: 154
Disciplinary points per game: 1.83
8. Morgan Schneiderlin
Club: Southampton and Manchester United
Disciplinary points: 289
Fouls conceded: 208
Yellow cards: 25
Red cards: 1
Games played: 118
Disciplinary points per game: 2.44
7. Lee Cattermole
Club: Sunderland
Disciplinary points: 302
Fouls conceded: 179
Yellow cards: 37
Red cards: 2
Games played: 109
Disciplinary points per game: 2.77
6. Craig Gardner
Club: Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion
Disciplinary points: 303
Fouls conceded: 192
Yellow cards: 33
Red cards: 2
Games played: 142
Disciplinary points per game: 2.13
5. Jack Colback
Club: Sunderland and Newcastle United
Disciplinary points: 303
Fouls conceded: 198
Yellow cards: 35
Red cards: 0
Games played: 161
Disciplinary points per game: 1.88
4. Charlie Adam
Club: Liverpool and Stoke City
Disciplinary points: 304
Fouls conceded: 208
Yellow cards: 26
Red cards: 3
Games played: 132
Disciplinary points per game: 2.30
3. Cheick Tioté
Club: Newcastle United
Disciplinary points: 341
Fouls conceded: 224
Yellow cards: 37
Red cards: 1
Games played: 105
Disciplinary points per game: 3.24
2. Gareth Barry
Club: Manchester City and Everton
Disciplinary points: 367
Fouls conceded: 235
Yellow cards: 38
Red cards: 3
Games played: 158
Disciplinary points per game: 2.32
1. Marouane Fellaini
Clubs: Everton and Manchester United
Disciplinary points: 371
Fouls conceded: 296
Yellow cards: 23
Red cards: 1
Games played: 126
Disciplinary points per game: 2.94